By Sila Ceyhan
Turkey: Student protests grow against Erdogan-appointed rector
After Recep Tayyip Erdogan appointed AKP-affiliated Melih Bulu as the rector of prestigious Bogazici University, students and academicians from all over Turkey and the world reacted with protests.
“Rioters’ University” is the derogatory name given by many pro-government media sources to the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). In response to their “riotous acts,” the students were reminded by the People’s Daily, China’s mouthpiece, of the school’s motto which is taken from the Confucian classic Analects, “through learning and temperance to virtue.” The students, however, humorously and proudly accepted this name and largely confirmed it with the confrontation between them and the police on campus a year ago.
Continue reading “One Year Since the Rioters’ University Rebelled”
On October 10, 1911 in Wuchang, one of the three cities of the conurbation of Wuhan, revolutionaries started a revolt that later led to the overthrow of the Qing Dynasty, and China’s two thousand years of imperial rule with it. The Republic of China (ROC), the régime founded afterwards, set this date as the national day, popularly known as the Double Tenth Day. As most national days in the world, the Double Tenth Day became an important event employed by politicians to make political gestures in Taiwan, the island that formally embodies the régime of ROC. So, what is to be observed? Continue reading “What is to Be Observed from the Ceremony of the Double Tenth Day?”
Even after COVID-19, experts believe that social distancing and other safety measures may become the norm. Their rather alarming speculation is that these measures may become more necessary than precautionary. Continue reading “What Next?”
« Coronavirus! Ching chong! »
C’est ce que j’ai entendu après m’être raclé la gorge. Il faisait encore assez froid en ce début du mois de mars, et je me souviens que le premier cas de coronavirus venait d’être détecté dans le département de la Seine-Maritime. J’étais en train de rentrer chez moi après une soirée, marchant sur le pont entre Les Docks et la gare du Havre. Derrière moi, quatre garçons, âgés d’environ 11 ou 12 ans, répétaient ces mots. Il faisait sombre, et je ne voyais personne d’autre qu’eux. Continue reading “L’autre effet du coronavirus: le racisme anti-asiatique s’amplifie en France”
Le Dragon Déchaîné 